Champaign County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 206.58K Champaign County, IL population, 61.71K had Other Groups ancestry (29.87%), 55.02K had Unclassified ancestry (26.63%), and 40.11K had German ancestry (19.42%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
You can see similar information for other Illinois counties, and for Illinois.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Champaign County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 61713 | 29.87 |
| Unclassified | 55016 | 26.63 |
| German | 40114 | 19.42 |
| Irish | 20994 | 10.16 |
| English | 17230 | 8.34 |
| American | 7322 | 3.54 |
| Polish | 6190 | 3.00 |
| Italian | 5859 | 2.84 |
| French (except Basque) | 4025 | 1.95 |
| European | 3838 | 1.86 |
| Scottish | 2950 | 1.43 |
| Subsaharan African | 2726 | 1.32 |
| Swedish | 2481 | 1.20 |
| Dutch | 2124 | 1.03 |
| Scotch Irish | 1907 | 0.92 |
| Norwegian | 1789 | 0.87 |
| British | 1515 | 0.73 |
| African | 1468 | 0.71 |
| Russian | 1441 | 0.70 |
| Welsh | 1113 | 0.54 |
| Greek | 907 | 0.44 |
| Czech | 804 | 0.39 |
| Northern European | 749 | 0.36 |
| Swiss | 723 | 0.35 |
| Hungarian | 709 | 0.34 |
| French Canadian | 696 | 0.34 |
| Scandinavian | 679 | 0.33 |
| Danish | 480 | 0.23 |
| Iranian | 476 | 0.23 |
| Lithuanian | 451 | 0.22 |
| Eastern European | 434 | 0.21 |
| Austrian | 389 | 0.19 |
| Ukrainian | 389 | 0.19 |
| Finnish | 320 | 0.16 |
| Egyptian | 294 | 0.14 |
| Slovak | 246 | 0.12 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 240 | 0.12 |
| Croatian | 225 | 0.11 |
| Moroccan | 211 | 0.10 |
| Belgian | 203 | 0.10 |
| Brazilian | 201 | 0.10 |
| Portuguese | 190 | 0.09 |
| Turkish | 187 | 0.09 |
| Arab | 185 | 0.09 |
| Palestinian | 166 | 0.08 |
| Canadian | 164 | 0.08 |
| South African | 162 | 0.08 |
| Nigerian | 158 | 0.08 |
| Czechoslovakian | 155 | 0.08 |
| Lebanese | 149 | 0.07 |
| Slavic | 146 | 0.07 |
| Pennsylvania German | 130 | 0.06 |
| Ethiopian | 125 | 0.06 |
| Slovene | 104 | 0.05 |
| German Russian | 95 | 0.05 |
| Israeli | 93 | 0.05 |
| Jamaican | 92 | 0.05 |
| Ghanaian | 86 | 0.04 |
| Armenian | 83 | 0.04 |
| Romanian | 81 | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavian | 74 | 0.04 |
| Jordanian | 72 | 0.04 |
| Iraqi | 64 | 0.03 |
| Estonian | 63 | 0.03 |
| West Indian | 59 | 0.03 |
| Albania | 56 | 0.03 |
| Macedonian | 49 | 0.02 |
| US Virgin Islander | 44 | 0.02 |
| Latvian | 33 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 26 | 0.01 |
| Serbian | 24 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 21 | 0.01 |
| Alsatian | 19 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 18 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 17 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 15 | 0.01 |
| Liberian | 15 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 15 | 0.01 |
| Cypriot | 13 | 0.01 |
| Ugandan | 13 | 0.01 |
| Haitian | 11 | 0.01 |
| Sierra Leonean | 10 | 0.01 |
| Afghan | 2 | 0.00 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 2 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 2 | 0.00 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 2 | 0.00 |